How to play guitar chords

Below is a copy of acoustic guitar chords I use quite often. I will update this with more chords but please comment if you need to see any chords not in this list, so eventually it will help to see all the chords we need in one place whenever we wish to see them. 

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1). 6 strings of a guitar - E(low) A D G B E(high)

  

Major Chords - G A D E F C B

2). G chord

 

3). A chord

 

 4). D Chord

 5). E chord

  6). F chord - method 1

 F another easy mode - method 2

7). C chord

8). B chord

Minor Chords Em Bm Dm Am Cm Fm Gm

  9). E minor / Em chord


10). B minor/ Bm chord

11). A minor / Am chord

12). F minor/ Fm chord - method 1

 F minor variations - you can use any method


13. G minor/ Gm chord with variations

14. D minor / Dm chord 

15). C minor/ Cm chord - 1

 C minor another angle - 2

Dominant Seventh / 7th Chords

A7 G7 E7 D7 C7 B7 Bm7 Cmajor7

16). A7 chord

 

17. G7 chord

 

18. E7 chord

 

 19. D7 chord

20.  C7 chord

 21. B7 chord

 

22.  B minor 7 / Bm7 chord

23. C major 7 chord

Sharp Chords G# F# Gbm7 D# C# A# Bbm

24. G# / G sharp chord with many variations

 25. F# or F sharp / Gb minor 7 / G flat minor 7 chord - method 1

  Another way - method 2


 26. D# chord / D sharp chord with variations

 27. C# / C sharp chord with variations

 28. A# / A shapr / Bb minor/ B flat minor chord

Ofcourse I forget some of the chords easily since they do not come into play often so this will help :)

 
Enjoy!

Feel free to leave comments so I can update.

Basics in Photography..

Sony NEX 5R Series

Photography is something I enjoy the most out of my few hobbies. I have realised it is not just taking a camera out, point and shoot but it is actually more self-satisfying art. Simply because it is an art to learn, you can get your level of scoring same time you exercise and the results are always enjoyable. In simple terms this is one of those rare exercises which you never get tired of doing.

I started with a Panasonic Lumix FS30 14MP point and shoot compact digital camera. This has been a basic but quite satisfying handy digital cam I used to take with me whenever I go somewhere only having some space in the pocket. Those few pictures I have uploaded in the Photos page are from that small unit. The picture above is the current Compact System camera I use which I can highly recommend for any beginner - intermediate level photographer. If you have any chance to afford spending a few more pounds/rupees/dollars and go for the NEX 7 series that would be ideal whilst there are many other well known brands producing wide range of cameras such as Nikon D series, Canon EOS series. Choosing a camera type and brand is something I am hoping to cover in another topic.

What is the point of having a high value camera but still not producing a shot better than a regular camera? 

There are certain must know factors you should aware of to capture a shot which look different than a shot taken from a regular compact digital camera. No matter what camera you use these are basics.

• Selected Quality and size
• If you haven't got this right the whole time you spent taking photos in your trip will be utterly wasted. In any basic camera you have this option in the camera settings menu. Different cameras would give you different terminology for example - 1.Fine 2.Standard
• This is where you might get a bit confused but in practical terms manufactures would mostly give first option as the better quality option. Keep in mind higher the quality higher the file size it takes, so you can double check with the capacities.
• Size - This is basically number of Mega Pixels - for example 16.1 MP. Higher the value more the detail a lens will capture. Again this effects the file size and number of photos you can take using a SDHC/SDXC memory card. I would anyway advise to use the maximum size and maximum quality settings to get the best results.
• Shoot mode

• This is something that a beginner will easily misuse. There are many shooting options in almost every camera and more in DSLR/Hybrid or Systems cameras. Most of the modern cameras are equipped with smart piece of software which can assess current situation and adjust the settings accordingly. That is commonly called the Auto mode. I am never shy to say that I do use this quite regularly specially in the events of point and shoot where I have minimum time to take a shot. Sometimes it is better to capture a moment rather than losing it or ruining it by rushing through.
• If you tend to use other modes such as S (Shutter Priority) or A - Aperture Priority there are certain other settings you have to adjust since these are no more automatically adjusted. So if you fail to adjust them your camera will eventually produce a below average or unusable shot.
• The beauty of those manual modes is the level of flexibility and options you get, those which you can apply to take a perfect capture although that takes a while to learn.
• ISO
• ISO is the sensitivity level to light. In practical terms you tend to set higher ISO level such as 6400 or more where you have minimum light to capture a photo such as an indoor night party. You tend to use minimum level of ISO for day-light photos such as 100. One thing to remember is more ISO value you use, more noise you get in your pictures unless there is a sufficient level of light.
• Focus mode
• This is applicable to cameras which are having both manual and automatic focusing. If you use both make sure you know which focus mode is on when you shoot. Otherwise you will not notice the blurry images you took until you go home or check them zoomed in. Because this is hardly noticeable in smaller screens come with digital cameras. Most of the time I leave this setting in Auto mode.
• Metering mode
• Another common feature we can see even in smart phone cameras. The common options are;
• Multi
• Centre
• Spot

• 

  Metering Modes

  source:www.imaging-resource.com

• You can decide which area to focus using the metering mode. This depends on the shot you have in your mind. 
• Multi mode will focus on the entire area you shoot, Centre metering mode will give  weight to the centre of the focusing area while Spot mode will only focus a selected spot or general centre spot blurring everything around it. These if used properly will produce creative and meaningful images since you control where you want to get the attention of a picture.
• Flash mode 
• Flash can be useful at night or dark/gloomy situations such as indoor shots. This can be quite useful if you have a powerful flash gun but most of the standard flashes do not tend to cover mover than a couple of metres. From my experience flash is something I use rarely. Use of a flash can sometimes affect the detailing level and original colours of a scene and I instead tend to control the light by increasing exposure values and ISO.
• Shutter Priority - S and Aperture Priority - A
•  These are often mistaken and something I have mistaken when I first used a DSLR camera, while I should say that most useful mode is the A - Aperture Priority.
• S mode determines how long does a shutter keep open to take details into a shot. Longer the shutter speed you have longer the camera aperture stays open to take the light and details in to produce an image. In practical terms if you tend to use longer shutter speed you may want to consider using a tripod to stabilise the camera since even the simplest moves will blur the image.
• A mode determines the scale of which an aperture is open. This is scaled with F values on the camera LCD. Smaller the F value larger the aperture opens. Smaller value could be f 5.6 while a bigger value could be f22. This also results in the area you want to focus. To get a general multi focused capture, f10-15 would be a good range.

Will the Samsung's flagship product take over the smartphone market?

Samsung, the current global leader in Smartphones sales who have beaten the all time undispute record holder Apple inc, is apparently drawing it's layouts for the future.  

Samsung released the Galaxy SIII in May 2012 leading the smartphone market and have eventually become Samsung's best flagship product yet along side with Galaxy Note II which got released in following September.Samsung sold recording 18 million units in 2012 Q3 whereas Apple managed 16.2M sales.

"Designed by Humans, Inspired By Nature" the slogan of the SIII played a fair part of being such for real, when some other slogans have just been left as slogans. Personally for me this been the best phone so far, I believe this has increased my efficiency in a positive way. It seems like the manufacturer have done a proper market research, people research and products research to enhance the most wanted features in an adequate manner. 

My favourites and most useful: 

• Smart stay - being the most useful feature as I tend to read articles, news updates and social media through the phone and it stays awake knowing that I am looking at it. Great!!
• Calender application ; being so user friendly, colourful and easy to organise
• Social media defaults such as Flipboard; being the most attractive way to read the news, social media and updates like never before. The feeling and view such as you are reading a proper news paper or magazine which has all your favourites and subscriptions. Isn't that a cool thing?
• Voice commands for apps - very useful for applications such as Camera. All you need is to say cheese/ capture/ shoot etc and you can hold your phone in your favourite agnle and leave the capturing part to the phone. Quite good when I can never reach the capture button for self-portraits or different angles.  Also for most other apps this works pretty well such as saying play/pause/next will operate the media player from distance.
• Easiness of typing using predictive text and Samsung swipe keyboard, also the bigger digital number pad
• Proper customisation features I always wanted such as overall font size, menu organising, favourites etc
• Regular device and application updates
• Enormous level of supportability and compatibility with almost any file
• Rich and colourful display and screen size, making it easier to view or organise - Web browsing is easier too, as it provides automatic zooming-in for tabs which are hard to hit. Personally I prefer to use the Google's Chrome browser.
• Powerful feel when I can run many different applications without having to worry about the available memory or processing power
• Quality of Skype video calling is as never before.. well, you need to experience that
• All the animations have been designed to feel natural and not to exaggerate
• Easy task killer - One press of the main button will open the very user-friendly task killer where you just need to swipe out the application.

 Aren't these the options that anyone would love to have in any phone, or most of the mobile users? I am not quite sure what more you can expect from a Blackberry as it is used to be the most secure way of electronic communication. But can it support the features like above which any person including business man would love to have?

Again, Samsung is laying out the release of S4 which will be composed of 8 cores with 4 1.8GHz for heavy process sentric functions and four cores of 1.2GHz for general purpose light to medium functions. This would anyway be a 4G LTE probably with a slightly larger 4.99'' screen with 1080p rather than SIII's 720p. And a improved camera such as 13MP for sure which is used in Sony Xperia ZL.

Below is a leaked image of the SIII vs S4 I could find online.

As you can notice, the shape has been differed slightly, probably to facilitate the slightly bigger screen size in a comfortable manner. By the look this is more like the S2 but with huge improvements.

  By February, the SIII will complete a good 10 months period and I would presume the new release will due in March / April which is said to be the biggest releasing event yet to witness.

(image reference : http://www.trustedreviews.com)

Monster Energy Horror!!

I have read an article in Metro news paper today broadcasting a shocker about Monster energy drinks. It has been reported a death toll of 5 as a result of drinking Monster Engery drinks and leading that into disorders or heart failures. It has further reported there are similar death incidents with Red Bull energy drinks as well. Both of these companies are giants in the industry and they are so popular that these shocking news are automatically ignored by their beloved consumers. 

As I read through the article which is believed to be from a nation wide trustworthy source, most of those unfortunate incidents have been occured as a result of  high caffeine percentage within these drinks (said by the family and related people of who died). The recent case has arisen the need of awareness of these products and further investigations are under way.

This Prevention is better, than cure, or death..

Skype infecting Windows PCs!

BBC reported that SKYPE has been used by hackers to spread Windows PCs through a worm. If the user clicks on an instant message saying "lol is this your new profile pic?" this would download a trojan horse containing the worm inside it. This can result in a user logout and locked from the machine. Hacker could use this situation for demanding money from the victim to release the computer. Further more the worm will send more "lol" messages to the contact list of the user and in most cases this will probably be opened by the recipient thinking an actual message from the user. That will also result in automatic downloading of the trojan horse file.